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Summary: If I Could Only Write One Book, It Would Be This One
Review: . . .AND NEVER LET HER GO was in many ways the most difficult book of my career--in terms of research, my own emotions and even in the process of writing it. It is a very complicated story. Still, I am grateful that I was given the chance to try to tell my readers what Anne Marie Fahey was really like, and to present not only the profile of a consummate male narcissist, but to point out the damage he can do to the women who loved him. Undoubtedly, thousands of readers have heard of the Fahey/Capano murder case in Wilmington, Delaware--just as I did--but there was far more to this case than anyone could know. I can't claim to have followed all the raveling ends back to their beginnings, but I do believe I have found some startling answers to the cruelest of murder puzzles. Women will identify, I think, with the anguish of the female characters in AND NEVER LET HER GO and with the decisions they made out of loyalty, love--and fear. Maybe some of us will recognize danger in our own lives as we weep for Anne Marie Fahey. There are several levels to this case. Beyond the human drama, it was a classically impossible case for the investigators--Colm Connolly, Bob Donovan, Ron Poplos, Eric Alpert, and Ferris Wharton--to solve and prosecute and yet through dogged persistence and forensic brilliance, they found physical evidence that gave them probable cause for arrest--and eventual conviction. It took them years, however. Crime buffs fascinated with DNA, hair and fiber evidence, and with damning circumstantial evidence will find much to marvel over in this probe. Trial watchers will find fictional courtrooms dull after reading about the Capano trial. Although I went to high school near Wilmington, that was a long time ago, and I went all the way across America from my home in Seattle to learn about the people at the center of this story. I was touched to find that many of them trusted me enough to share confidences that they had told no one else. This is a landmark criminal case that will be remembered, I am convinced, with perhaps only a dozen others in this century. It is also a profound tragedy. I hope that readers will find it as compelling and memorable as I do. I will be traveling along the East Coast on a book tour in October and November and hope to meet many of you!
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Summary: I Couldn't Put It Down !
Review: This gripping narrative on the killing of Anne Marie Fahey provides an emotionally connecting look at the victim. Ms. Fahey was attractive, talented, kind-hearted...yet troubled by emotional problems. Sadly, she never recognized the danger from her married ex-lover Tom Capano - an egotistical control freak and well-connected attorney for whom a legal restraining order might (or might not) have proved a deterrent. Author Ann Rule gives us a firm portrayal of the victim, her killer, their families, plus the politics of the city of Wilmington and the State of Delaware (where Fahey was the Governor's secretary). Ms. Rule also details the outstanding investigation by law enforcement, plus the lengthy trial, where even the killer's lawyers came to despise his controlling egotism. Some feel the author portrays Fahey and a second mistress too nicely - after all, both women maintained an affair with a man whom they knew to be married. Still, emotional insecurity has led many to foolhardy actions; in Fahey's case with results that turned tragic.
AND NEVER LET HER GO is longer and more connecting than most of Ms. Rule's true-crime narratives. The author seems captivated by Ms. Fahey and her family, and readers may experience similar emotions while enjoying this page-turning narrative.
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Summary: Et ne jamais la laisser partir
Review: And never let her go is a very exciting true novel. The book tells us about the Thomas Capano's affair. Capano was really mad, and he had relations with a lot of women. He was very jealous and possessive. So when Anne Marie Fahey had a relation with another man, and she wanted to leave him, he was very angry and killed her. In the beginning it was hard to find the murderer but some proofs ascent to Tom Capano. The investigate is interesting and never boring..
I very enjoyed it !
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Summary: Very Detailed Account of Capano's & Fahey's lives
Review: Ann Rule has done a good job of opening up the lives of Tom Capano & Ann Marie Fahey. She gives enough info to let you get to know what might of made them both who they are, but not so much info that you lose interest. This is a very detailed book and doesn't skip over much in the way of relevant events. I don't feel she missed anything while writing this story. I highly recommend this book to true crime buffs.
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Summary: an excellent, indepth forensic saga...
Review: I have loved Ann Rule for years, and this to me, is probably the most powerful book she's written. Like Stephen King's "The Stand" - this is probably her quintessential work. I've read most of the books out there on this case, and this is the best one - because she opened the doors for us to see Anne Marie Fahey, up close and very personal. I found myself relating to her, not because of common experience, but from a place of empathy. Funny thing - I've reread this book several times, and keep hoping that Anne Marie will somehow get out of it alive. What a lovely woman she was - she was someone I could have been friends with, no doubt. None of the other books on this case do such an amazing job of characterization as Ann has done on Anne. Tom Capano - my God, he's a piece of work - somehow got under her skin and stayed there, even though Anne was in the process of extracating herself from him, bit by bit - and God bless Michael Scanlan - he gave her what she needed at the end of her life, that she so richly deserved during the rest of it. I am so sad for her that she didn't see her full purpose realized while she was alive - although she was close. I suspect she might have ended up in politics - a stone's through from her position with Governor Carper. She was, though, blessed with such a loving family, and friends. I hope they are all on the road to healing. Read this book - not for the awful things that Capano did - but to read about Anne Marie.
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Summary: Not One Of Her Best
Review: This is a story about a young woman who has fallen prey to Thomas Capano, The Deadly Seducer. Like a lot of young women with low self esteem, she slowly believes that he is the only person who will ever love someone like her because of her many faults. Slowly, with the helps of therapists, she finds confidence and love. Thomas Capano cannot stand this. He wants all his women to need him and do what he wants and if he can't have them, no one will.
The story behind this book is very common but it just seemed to drag on for a long time. I really enjoy reading Ann Rule but I found myself scanning pages because there was a lot of unnecessary info. It's a good read nonetheless.
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Summary: Compelling Story...
Review: Ann Rule does it yet again. She paints the most articulate and concise picture of a twisted being. And she does so with only the necessary details, you'll not find sensasonalism in this writer if that's what you're looking for. There isn't another true crime writers words I believe more than hers. She goes beyond most writers, traversing into the psychology of a different mind set. One I suppose most of us can't relate to. One see's Tom Capano in a light that family and friends didn't see or chose to ignore until it was much too late. Ann Marie Fahey seemed such a gentle soul. A person I wish I had the opportunity to meet. The distance between these two personalities is marked clearly with Ann's exceptional writing. When I finished the book, I felt I had known both these people all my life. I highly recommend this book to any true crime readers or those who have never ventured into the genre. You won't be disappointed, trust Me!!!
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Summary: Anne Rule's Best
Review: Of Anne Rule's true crime novels that I have read, I consider this to be her best work. It is not flashy, exploitative, or predictable. Although the victim and others hurt by Tom Capano were not totally innocent, Anne Rule does not present them as such; yet she manages to show appropriate compassion for those whose lives were torn apart, never to be mended. Thomas Capano was a manipulative monster, a terrible adversary to be faced; Anne Marie is portrayed clearly as a woman whose childhood predisposed her to be hunted by a sick man. The writing is excellent, especially her information about the Mid-Atlantic states. Buy this one; you'll want to read it again, someday.
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